2008 World Karate Championships
Host city | Tokyo, Japan | ||
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Dates | November 13–16 | ||
Main venue | Nippon Budokan | ||
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The 2008 World Karate Championships are the 19th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Tokyo, Japan from November 13 to November 16, 2008.[1]
Medalists
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual kata | Luca Valdesi Italy (ITA) |
Antonio Díaz Venezuela (VEN) |
Vu Duc Minh Dack France (FRA) |
Mustafa Ibrahim Egypt (EGY) | |||
Team kata | France | Japan | Peru |
Italy | |||
Kumite −60 kg | Danil Domdjoni Croatia (CRO) |
Darkhan Assadilov Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
Hossein Rouhani Iran (IRI) |
Douglas Brose Brazil (BRA) | |||
Kumite −65 kg | George Kotaka United States (USA) |
Ádám Kovács Hungary (HUN) |
William Rolle France (FRA) |
Takuro Nihei Japan (JPN) | |||
Kumite −70 kg | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan (AZE) |
Tamer Abdelraouf Egypt (EGY) |
Saeed Baghbani Canada (CAN) |
Shinji Nagaki Japan (JPN) | |||
Kumite −75 kg | David Dubó Chile (CHI) |
Müslüm Baştürk Turkey (TUR) |
Mohamed Abdelrahman Egypt (EGY) |
Ko Matsuhisa Japan (JPN) | |||
Kumite −80 kg | Satoshi Ibuchi Japan (JPN) |
Islamutdin Eldarushev Russia (RUS) |
Hany Shakr Egypt (EGY) |
Alibek Prenov Kazakhstan (KAZ) | |||
Kumite +80 kg | Stefano Maniscalco Italy (ITA) |
Ibrahim Gary France (FRA) |
Calum Robb Scotland (SCO) |
Jonathan Horne Germany (GER) | |||
Kumite open | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan (AZE) |
Spyridon Margaritopoulos Greece (GRE) |
Stefano Maniscalco Italy (ITA) |
Gogita Arkania Georgia (GEO) | |||
Team kumite | Turkey | Serbia | Egypt |
Spain |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual kata | Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam (VIE) |
Sara Battaglia Italy (ITA) |
Kasuga Wakabayashi Japan (JPN) |
Marija Madžarević Serbia (SRB) | |||
Team kata | Japan | France | Italy |
Spain | |||
Kumite −53 kg | Natsuki Fujiwara Japan (JPN) |
Kora Knühmann Germany (GER) |
Gülderen Çelik Turkey (TUR) |
Elena Ponomareva Russia (RUS) | |||
Kumite −60 kg | Maria Sobol Russia (RUS) |
Nassim Varasteh Canada (CAN) |
Katarina Strika Serbia (SRB) |
Vildan Doğan Turkey (TUR) | |||
Kumite +60 kg | Tiffany Fanjat France (FRA) |
Elisa Au-Fonseca United States (USA) |
Evgenia Podborodnikova Russia (RUS) |
Cristina Feo Spain (ESP) | |||
Kumite open | Yuka Sato Japan (JPN) |
Gloria Casanova Spain (ESP) |
Ema Aničić Croatia (CRO) |
Eva Tulejová-Medveďová Slovakia (SVK) | |||
Team kumite | Germany | Spain | Italy |
France |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
2 | France | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
3 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
4 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Turkey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
7 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
8 | United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
13 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
14 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
15 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
17 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
20 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Scotland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 17 | 17 | 34 | 68 |
Participating nations
888 athletes from 97 nations competed.
References
- ↑ "World Karate Championships returning to Japan". Japan Today. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
External links
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